Arguments over how to improve a country’s education system have been going on for a very long time. Often different strategies work for different countries. However, allowing high school students to openly critique their instructors online is a strat- egy that I feel does not improve the quality of high school instruction in any country. Alternative school scheduling and teacher monitoring through video are much better approaches and will be analysed for viability in this essay.
Firstly, modified school scheduling improves education in a way that openly critiqu- ing teachers does not. For example, many Scandinavian school boards run education systems that take short, periodic week-long breaks throughout the academic year instead of one larger two-month break at summertime. Overall, students have just as much holiday time as their peers in traditional holiday arrangements, but there is not such a long, education-deterring break at summer, and this allows students to mentally retain more of their studies. This arrangement is clearly a more plausible alternative to arguments supporting the open criticism of teachers on the internet.
In addition to this, schools should consider videotaping classes to both monitor teacher performance and student conduct. I once taught at a school with this ar- rangement and found it made it much easier for students’ parents to stay attune to both their children’s lessons and conduct during class time. Such a system would also ensure all critiquing of the teacher is carried out by adults and not teenag- ers, a vetting process that would likely produce more insightful criticism. Thus, the plausibility of this alternative is clear
It can be concluded that both a paced academic schedule and class transparency would more effectively improve high school education than the proposed online criti
Arguments over how to
improve
a country’s
education
system have been going on for a
very
long time.
Often
different
strategies work for
different
countries.
However
, allowing high
school
students
to
openly
critique their instructors online is a
strat
-
egy
that I feel does not
improve
the quality of high
school
instruction in any country. Alternative
school
scheduling and
teacher
monitoring through video are much better approaches and will be
analysed
for viability in this essay.
Firstly
, modified
school
scheduling
improves
education
in a way that
openly
critiqu
-
ing
teachers
does not.
For example
,
many
Scandinavian
school
boards run
education
systems that take short, periodic week-long breaks throughout the academic year
instead
of one larger two-month break at
summertime
.
Overall
,
students
have
just
as much holiday time as their peers in traditional holiday arrangements,
but
there is not such a long, education-deterring break at summer, and this
allows
students
to mentally retain more of their studies. This arrangement is
clearly
a more plausible alternative to arguments supporting the open criticism of
teachers
on the internet.
In addition
to this,
schools
should consider videotaping classes to both monitor
teacher
performance and
student
conduct. I once taught at a
school
with this
ar
-
rangement
and found it made it much easier for
students’
parents to stay attune to both their children’s lessons and conduct during
class
time. Such a system would
also
ensure all critiquing of the
teacher
is carried
out by adults and not
teenag
-
ers
, a vetting process that would likely produce more insightful criticism.
Thus
, the plausibility of this alternative is
clear
It can
be concluded
that both a paced academic schedule and
class
transparency would more
effectively
improve
high
school
education
than the proposed online
criti